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A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO
POLITICS, agriculture and home life
-Vol.19. No. 953.
Lincoln, Nebraska, September 13, 1906
Subscription $1.00
SAYS BRYAN IS WRONG
John Sharp Williams, Minority Leader
of House of Representatives, Op
pose to Government Owner
ship of Railroads
Richmond, Va. The Times-Dispatch
telegraphed John Sharp Williams, mi
nority leader in congress, at Yazoo
City, Miss., for an expression of his
views on Bryans plans for govern
ment ownership of railroads, receiv
ing from Williams the following reply:
"I am opposed to government own
ership of railroads, irrevocably, now
and forever, in theory and in prac-
Bryan and I agree to disagree. But
I see no good to be attained by my
rushing into print on the subject. We
will simply vote it down if offered as
a plank of the democratic platform.
Meanwhile let us not magnify demo
cratic differences. There are so many
things we are agreed upon let us
magnify them. Rush them to the
front if we can. Bryan is not in
fallible and does not pretend to be.
He is right about so many things, elo
quently and greatly right, but ' abso
lutely and altogether wrong about this
one thing especially from the stand
point of racial peace and quiet in the
south. Let us strongly regulate rail
road rates, but not operate the railroads."
the Ohio senators and the president
he desired the convention to go on
record with a stronger commendation
of the latter than of the former. Only
two votes .were cast against the platform.
Bryan to Campaign
Washington Chairman Gripps of
the democratic congressional cam
paign committee, anounced today that
Bryan had consented to make a num
ber of speeches this fall under the
committee's auspices. It is unde
cided where the speeches are to be
delivered, and it is likely that' Bryan
will make his own itinerary.
ernor Magoon to the Philippines may
be dropped; that instead, in the gen
eral shakeup of the cabinet that , will
follow, he will be called direct from
the canal zone to Washington, in
about eighteen months and made sec
retary of -war. when Taft retires to
devote himself to his presidentia
campaign. ,
HOPE TO CONVERT BRYAN
Texas Senator Hopes to Induce the
Nebraskan to Recant
Washington Senator Bailey of Tex
as has apparently abandoned, at least
for the present, his intention of .firing
a broadside at Bryan's advocacy of
government ownership of railroads
Bailey announced a week ago that he
would give out a statement, but now
he has changed his mind. His hesi
tancy is believed to be due to the
fact that he, as well as other south
em leaders of the party, is laboring
privately with Bryan to get him to
side-track his views.
Must Go to Penitentiary
Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Jacob F.
Force, former president of the North
western National Life Insurance com
pany, must serve three and a half
years in the penitentiary unless the
supreme court grants him a new trial.
Make Answer to Sullivan
Jacksonville, 111. Judge Owen P,
Thompson and Millard Fillmore Dun
lap have issued signed statements de
nying the charges made against them
in National Committeeman Sullivan's
rejoinder to William J. Bryan's re
cent speech at Chicago. In addition
Thompson and JJunlap accuse Sullivan
of various political crimes.
Woman to Be Hanged
' St. Petersburg The court martia
which tried Zeniad Konoplianikovo
the girl member of the "flying group'
Ohio Reps Want Senators Elected
by the People
Cleveland, O. The friends of Con
gressman Theodore Burton were in
supreme control of the Cuyahoga
county republican convention which
was held here on the 8th. The plat
form demands among other things
the retirement of United States Sen
ator Charles Dick as the head of the
party organization in Ohio; calls for
the election of United States sena
tors by popular vote and indorses
President Rcosevelt and Secretary
Taft, Congressman Burton said that
for both Senators Dick and Foraker,
he had only kindly feelings person
ally, but that in the issue between
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Judge F. C. Brooks today denied a
motion for a new trial in the district
court. Dr. Force was charged with
having expended for his personal use
large sums belonging to the insurance
company.
Find Cure for Leprosy
New Bedford, Mass. Cured of lep
rosy, Mrs. Mary Barou has been dis
charged from the state leper colony
on Island Penikes, where she has
teen confined for two years. ' The
state authorities will consider her
final release. Physicians- hope for
similar success in the cases of four
other residents of the Penikes colony.
Magoon to Be Promoted
Washington, D. C Incident to a re
port that Attorney General Moody is
to be made a justice of the supreme
court, cabinet and diplomatic pro
grams are being reorganized in Wash
ington gossip. It is said among other
things that the plan of sending Gov-
of the terrorists of Penza province,
who assassinated General Min - Aug
ust 26, today sentenced her to be
hanged. She smiled on hearing the
sentence.
Collier Nero Damaged
WashingtonThe collier Nero,
which was so badly damaged on
Block island some time ago, is being
examined at the navy yard at New
York to ascertain if its injuries are
such as can be repaired. The whole
bottom of the ship is, in very bad
shape, as with 4,000 tons of coal
aboard it pounded on the bottom for
several days.
Program of Fleet
Washington When the North At
lantic fleet completes it target prac
tice and maneuvers it will be sent
south for a winter cruise, prior to
which, however, the shins will ren
dezvous at Hampton Roads for repairs.
MASSACREjOLISH JEWS
Stores, Shops and Houses Are Looted
and Burned While the Slaugh
ter Goes On
Warsaw Artillery was used in
Siedlce this morning. Buildings on
Pienkna, Warsaw and Aleina streets
have been , destroyed. According to
reports received here, two hundred
Jews were killed and 3,000 were
wounded during the Pogrom.
A telegram received here from
Siedlce this morning says the riot
ing and shooting there continues. The
revolutionists are firing at the soldiery
from windows, and the troops reply
with volleys.
The Libau infantry regiment took
the principal part in the massacre.
Some passengers on a through train
were hit by stray shots on Sunday,
The loot offered for sale by the sol
diers consists principally of jewelry
and clothing.
Siedlce, Poland A Jewish massacre
surpassing in serlousnes all nrevious
once in this vicinity, took place here
Saturday and Sunday. It was care
fully planned beforehand, the soldiers
warning all of the Christian popula
tion in advance to hans out their
ikons so that they might remain un
disturbed.
INSANE MAN'S AWFUL WORK
Chicago In a fit of insanity Wed
nesday, Emil Berner, a mechanic of
Batavia, 111., murdered his brother-in-
law, Ernest Franzeen, by cutting his
throat with a razor; slashed Mrs.
Berner so severely that she will die.
and then cut his own throat, dying
within a few minutes. After beine: In
jured Berner's wife summoned neigh
bors. Her daughter, Sigma, and a
boarder in the house jumped from the
windows and escaped. ,
The . tragedy was enacted at the
Berner home. Berner had been ill
for three weeks, and at times had
been delirious. Stealing ud to his
brother-in-law, who had been watch
ing at the sick man's bedside, but
who had dronned into a doze from ex
haustion, Berner slashed Franzeen's
throat, cutting the juglar vein. Ber
ner then met his wife in the door
way. Seizing her in his arms hp
slashed her face, body and throat.
Believing her dead. Berner dashed
up the stairs to the rooms occupied
by his daughter and the boarder.
Warned by the screams of the mother
and frightened by the wild annear-
ance of Berner, both the daughter
and the boarder jumped through win
dows to the ground, ten feet below.
Berner then slashed his own throat.
Ie was dead when found.
Declare for Government Ownership
Liverpool. The trade union rnn-
gre3 today unanimously instructed
the labor members of parliament to
ntroduce a bill ealline for tho na
tionalizing of all railways, canals and
mines in the United Kingdom.